Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
J Aging Soc Policy. 2022 Mar 4;34(2):335-356. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2022.2049572.
Dr. Francis G. Caro, retired Professor of Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Co-editor (1996-2005) and Editor-in-Chief (2005-2016) of the , passed away on October 2, 2020. Caro dedicated most of his nearly 60 years of academic and professional activity to gerontology and services for older adults. This article offers a review of his contributions in four central areas of gerontology: the strengthening of long-term services and supports through integration of home care services with other domains, the expansion of how productive aging was socially understood and economically valued, the importance of rigorous program evaluation and ongoing methodological innovation, and the significance of age-friendly cities and communities, both in the United States and internationally. This review of Caro's work highlights his integral role in helping to place several topics on the gerontological agenda that are still relevant today, establishing him as an important contributor to the field. He also exemplified productive aging and how scholarship can be theoretically rigorous but also applied in meaningful ways to make a difference in individual lives and within communities.
弗朗西斯·加罗博士是马萨诸塞州波士顿大学老年学退休教授，《老年学杂志》的联合编辑（1996-2005 年）和主编（2005-2016 年），于 2020 年 10 月 2 日去世。加罗将他近 60 年的学术和专业活动主要致力于老年学和为老年人提供服务。本文回顾了他在老年学四个核心领域的贡献：通过将家庭护理服务与其他领域整合来加强长期服务和支持，扩大对生产性老龄化的社会理解和经济价值，重视严格的项目评估和持续的方法创新，以及建立对年龄友好型城市和社区的重视，无论是在美国还是在国际上。对加罗工作的回顾强调了他在帮助将几个老年学议程上的主题置于当今仍然相关的位置方面的重要作用，使他成为该领域的重要贡献者。他还体现了生产性老龄化，以及学术研究如何在理论上严谨，但也以有意义的方式应用，从而在个人生活和社区中产生影响。
